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| Career | |
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| Laid down: | 1896 |
| Launched: | 24 May 1900 |
| Commissioned: | 29 July 1903 |
| Fate: | museum ship |
| Decommissioned: | November 17, 1948 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 6731 tons |
| Length: | 126.8 m (- ft) |
| Beam: | 16.8 m (- ft) |
| Draft: | 7.3 m (- ft) |
| Speed: | 19 knots |
| Complement: | 578 |
| Armament: | 1903: eight 152 mm (6in) guns, 24 x 75 mm guns, 8 x 37 mm guns, 3 torpedo launchers 1917: fourteen 152 mm guns, 4 x 76 mm AA guns, MG's, 3 torpedo launchers |
The Aurora ( Russian: Авро́ра; English transliteration: Avrora) is a Russian protected cruiser, currently preserved as a museum ship in St. Petersburg. She became a symbol of the communist revolution in Russia.
She was one of three Diana-class cruisers, built in St. Petersburg for a service in the Far East (on the Pacific). The keelA keel is a large beam around which the hull of a ship is built. The keel runs in the middle of the ship, from the bow to the stern. The word keel is also sometimes used to refer to a rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull a of the Aurora was laid on May 23May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). There are 222 days remaining. Events 1430 Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiegne 1498 Girolamo Savonarola is executed on th, 1897Events January 1 Brooklyn, New York merges with New York City. January 4 A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosheri, son-in-law of the Oba of Benin. This leads to a Punitive Expedition against Benin. February 2 The Pennsylvania state capitol is dest, in St Petersburg. All the ships served during the Russo-Japanese WarThe Russo-Japanese War ( 1904- 1905) was a conflict that grew out of the rival imperialist ambitions of Imperial Russia and Japan in Manchuria and Korea. It resulted in a surprise victory for Japan, establishing Japan as a major world power. Russian 500 p (the other two ships of the class, Diana and Pallada, were sunk by the Japanese in Port ArthurLushunkou , or Lushun Port is a southernmost district of Dalian City of the People's Republic of China. Surrounded by ocean on three sides, this strategic seaport was called Port Arthur during the Russian Occupation and Ryojun during the Japanese one. in 1904).
Aurora was part of the Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron, which was sent from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific, under the command of Admiral Rozhestvenski. On 27 and 28 May 1905, Aurora took part in the battle of Tsushima, along with the rest of the Russian squadron. Aurora managed to avoid being destroyed unlike the majority of the Russian vessels, and with two other cruisers broke through to a neutral Manila, where she was interned.
In 1906, the Aurora returned to the Baltic and became a cadet training ship. Then, she served in the First World War. In 1915 her armament was changed to fourteen 152 mm (6in) guns. At the end of 1916, the ship was moved to Sankt Petersburg (then: Petrogrod) for a major repair. The city was brimming with revolutionary ferment and part of her crew joined the Bourgeois 1917 February Revolution. A revolutionary committee was created on the ship ( Aleksandr Belyshev was elected its captain). Most of the crew joined the Bolsheviks, who were preparing for a communist revolution.
On (o.s.) 25 October (= n.s. 7 November) 1917, at 9.45 p.m., a blank shot from her forecastle gun signalled the start of the attack on the Winter Palace, which was to be the first episode of the communist Russian Revolution. Auroras crew actually took part in the events of that night.
In 1922, The Aurora was brought to service again as a training ship. During World War II, the guns were taken from the ship and used for land defence of Leningrad. The ship itself was docked in Oranienbaum port, and was repeatedly shelled and bombed. On 30 September 1941 she was damaged and sunk in the harbour.
After extensive repairs in 1945- 1947, Aurora was permanently anchored on the Neva in Leningrad (currently: St. Petersburg) as a monument to the Great October Socialist Revolution and in 1957 became a museum-ship. In 1984-87, the ship was reconstructed, including the replacement of the entire hull below the waterline and new funnels and masts. From 1956 to the present day, more than 28 million people have visited Aurora.
On November 2, 1927, Aurora was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for its revolutionary merits and on February 22, 1968 - the Order of the October Revolution.
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